I am Molecular Medical Microbiologist currently working at the Mycobacteriology Research Center, Jimma University. I do research in Immunology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. My current projects are ‘Tuberculosis Diagnostic Challenges in Ethiopia, Culture-free diagnosis and follow-up of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Africa and Improved infectious diseases research and surveillance in Ethiopia through capacity building in bioinformatics and sequencing.’